Over time I will fill this thread up with guides and how-tos on advanced webOS topics - that is, either when you want to poke at your TouchPad's innards, or if you want to try fixing something not normally fixable through the regular UI and don't want to Doctor right away. I'll use this as a way to quickly refer someone to frequently used information but is not centralized as a separate thread. Items will be organized by category, and will either be a link to another thread or a written out section.

Novacom Download
If you cannot get novacom from WOSQI or UNI, download directly from Palm's Open Source website. Scroll down, download the package appropriate for your platform, and use an archiver such as 7-Zip to extract the files. Note that you may need to extract the file twice (first from the .gz and then from the .tar) to get to the actual installer.

Booting to Installer ramdisk
Sometimes you can't fix things while webOS is booted. You need to edit files when they're not in use. This is where the installer ramdisk comes in. It's like the rescue mode on desktop Linux distributions. The image is loaded into and ran completely from RAM, so you can mount and edit files on the TouchPad's internal storage.

Warning! Know clearly what you want to do inside the ramdisk and do it carefully. If you are unclear you may cause big problems, like corrupting your data or even bricking your device. This is not for the faint of heart and requires well-versed Linux skills!

where "location\to\novacom.exe" is the full path to novacom.exe. It's typically at C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc\novacom.exe on Windows. If you have the webOS SDK installed, just type "novacom" and it should work, providing PATH is set up to look in the right places.

When the prompt returns and you see the HP logo on the TP's screen, shell in to the device with either WOSQI or novacom.

Do whatever you need to do.

When you're done, type

Code:

tellbootie

to reboot. Don't forget to unmount any mounted partitions before you do that!